{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":980037,"song":"How To Explain","artist":"The Cat Empire","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11621906-how-to-explain-chords-by-the-cat-empire/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/980037?type=chord","rating":4.83233,"votes":10,"content":"HOW TO EXPLAIN\r\nCapo V\r\nE (trumpet solo)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] ([ch]E[/ch])\r\nWhen a room becomes an altar [/tab]\r\n             \r\nAnd what beast that must exist \r\n[tab]                [ch]Dm6[/ch] \r\nIt flies with music from our lips[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd steals a kiss and blows it [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm6[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOut into the mist [/tab]\r\n\r\nWhere castles stand on cliffs \r\nAnd cobbled streets they wind and drift \r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm6[/ch]  \r\nAnd moods are made and set but shift [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThis place where skies are low [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm6[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd birds are big [/tab]\r\n\r\nWe went to sleep in day \r\n\r\nAnd woke again the same day \r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm6[/ch] \r\nWe have learned to cheat the time [/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd find the hours [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm6[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThat the clocks cannot define [/tab]\r\n\r\nAs I looked up from that stage \r\n[tab]                                [ch]Dm6[/ch]\r\nI felt the thing that had been made [/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd how it raged \r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd how it raged [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHow to explain? [/tab]\r\nSomething makes me howl \r\n[tab]        [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAnd shiver to the core [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAh outside if it was raining [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen inside there'd be a storm [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe've got a pair of hands for climbing [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd a pair of knees to spring [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd a pair of balls for strength [/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd a pair of lungs to sing [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd these simple chords [/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]        ([ch]F[/ch])           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat say: music is the language of us all [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] (x4) [ch]E[/ch]... \r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]                       \r\n    To write these songs is to be written [/tab]\r\n\r\nAh the chorus always knows \r\n[tab]              [ch]Dm6[/ch]\r\nWhat is in store [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd what is more the thing that sings us [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm6[/ch]                        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIs the thing that makes us roar [/tab]\r\n\r\nI felt that beast 'kisso my neck \r\n\r\nWe clapped our hands \r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd heard them spread [/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Dm6[/ch]\r\nThere was a trumpet and a call [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]E[/ch]     \r\nA pack of Spaniards screamed for more [/tab]\r\nMusic is the language of us all \r\nMusic is the language of us all \r\nMusic is the language of us all \r\nMusic is the language of us all \r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] (x12) [ch]E[/ch]... \r\n \r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI find it hard to speak emotional [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nCos these things are the things that [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCan't be said [/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd when it's struck it strikes \r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe memory from our heads [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]       \r\nOnce I wrote to play's [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo be immortal for a night [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd despite the unknown hours [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSomething happens [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch] \r\nWhen the light turns out the lights [/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThen we fade and yawn [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo music that's the language of us all [/tab]\r\n\r\nHAYMAN","plain_text":"HOW TO EXPLAIN\nCapo V\nE (trumpet solo)\n\n\n             \nAnd what beast that must exist \n\n\n\n\nWhere castles stand on cliffs \nAnd cobbled streets they wind and drift \n\n\n\n\nWe went to sleep in day \n\nAnd woke again the same day \n\n\n\n\nAs I looked up from that stage \n\n\nAnd how it raged \n\n\n\nSomething makes me howl \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAm    E  Am (x4) E... \n\n\n\n\nAh the chorus always knows \n\n\n\n\nI felt that beast 'kisso my neck \n\nWe clapped our hands \n\n\n\nMusic is the language of us all \nMusic is the language of us all \nMusic is the language of us all \nMusic is the language of us all \n\n\nAm    E  Am (x12) E... \n \n\n\n\n\nAnd when it's struck it strikes \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHAYMAN","chords":["E","G","F","Dm6","Dm","G7","Am","A","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}